Gloucester No.8 Zach Mercer has remained tight-lipped about a possible return to France but has intimated he will at least be at Kingsholm for the coming season.
Gloucester have lined up Newcastle Falcons No.8 Callum Chick as their replacement for Zach Mercer, who is heading for the Kingsholm exit door and link up with Top 14 giants Toulon next season.
The 27-year-old back-rower is under contract at Kingsholm until the summer of 2027, but it emerged last weekend that Toulon have proposed to buy out the final two years of his contract and bring him back to the Top 14 for the start of the 2025/26 campaign.
Gloucester No.8 Zach Mercer is set for a return to France after agreeing a deal to move to Toulon - it is being reported.
Gloucester boss George Skivington believes the uniquely talented Zach Mercer can use Gloucester’s European Challenge Cup final with the South African Sharks at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday to secure a place in England’s summer tour squad for tests with New Zealand and Japan.
Skivington believes in-form Mercer is still a potential Borthwick pick for the upcoming summer tour to Japan and New Zealand despite his ongoing out-of-favour situation.
Out-of-favour England No8s Zach Mercer and Billy Vunipola have both been linked with transfers to the Top 14 for the 2024/25 season.
Spurned England No.8 Zach Mercer has confirmed his international rugby comeback but it won't be for England.
